Job Purpose:

• To manage accounting operations ensuring proper accountability, the enforcement of internal checks, and compliance with established procedures.

Responsibilities:

• Safeguard and maintain the Corporation’s assets to ensure proper utilization and accountability of resources.
• Oversee and verify the accuracy of all cash collections, ensuring banking receipts and the maintenance of audit trails for all transactions.
• Review and confirm the accuracy of client accounts, ensuring up-to-date loan records and accurate financial reporting.
• Provide secretarial services and record proceedings in key committees, ensuring accurate documentation and timely follow-up on actions.
• Assist in the preparation and implementation of annual plans and budgets, ensuring financial goals and targets are met.
• Assist in Supervise and preparation of weekly imprest claims and monthly reconciliations of imprest, collections, and Mpesa accounts, ensuring accountability of cash collections.
• Monitor and analyze organizational expenditure, highlighting variances and recommending areas for improvement.
• Verify the transmittal cash book and ensure the creation of batches in the banking system to maintain accurate cash balances.
• Ensure the safekeeping and accurate accounting of overnight cash, maintaining safety and accountability of the Corporation’s funds.
• Manage timely settlement of supplier invoices and payments in line with established financial procedures.
• Prepare discharge of charge documents upon loan balance clearance to ensure the timely release of securities.
• Oversee the proper filing and maintenance of corporate records to ensure documents are systematically stored for easy retrieval.
• Apply parallel credit balances daily to respective accounts in arrears to reflect the accurate status of accounts.

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, or a related field from a recognized university.
• Certified Public Accountant (CPAK) finalist or its equivalent.
• A minimum of 3 years relevant experience in accounting, preferably in a financial institution or corporate setting.

Other skills

• A demonstrable ability to drive organizational value through the implementation of appropriate and diligent financial management practices;
• Have demonstrated personal integrity;
• Strong leadership and management skills;
• Problem solving , analytical and orientation to detail skills;
• Excellent interpersonal, presentation, oral and written communication skills;
• Ability to make critical and timely decisions in a highly sensitive environment;
• Familiarity with the Public Sector financial accounting principles and procedures;
• Must be computer literate